Some in the West are familiar with the ceramics, glassware and calligraphy of Islamic decorative arts, says John Casey, but there is a wealth of Islamic poetry and music that we have never made an effort to understand or enjoy.

If Muslims understood the difference between politics and religion, non-Muslim Britons would realise there is a difference between the Islam of the subcontinent and the Islam of the Middle East., says Mihir Bose.